EVA Air cabin crew have gone on strike over pay and working conditions after the latest round of negotiations with airline management reached an impasse. The strike, led by the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union, began at 16:00 local time on 20 June, and comes two weeks after the union voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action. At least 12 EVA flights due to depart in the evening of 20 June had to be cancelled, including flights from Taipei Taoyuan and Chicago, Hong Kong and Paris. One flight from Kaohsiung to Guangzhou was also cancelled. At least another 30 flights on 21 June have also been cancelled. The airline says it is still estimating the financial impact of the strike. Union representatives say they wanted “more sincerity” from the airline, with “concrete solutions”. It adds that it was still open to discussing “mutually agreeable” resolutions with the carrier.

Source: FlightGlobal

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency order prohibiting US carriers from flying in the overwater area of Iranian-controlled airspace until further notice. The order, issued in the early hours of 21 June, states that the prohibition is in place “due to heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the region”. On 19 June, an Iranian surface-to-air missile shot down a Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle (UAV) over Kuh Mubarak, a coastal area of Iran at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian government later claimed responsibility for shooting down of the spy drone, which it said had violated Iranian airspace. United Airlines cancelled its scheduled flight between Newark and Mumbai on 20 June, hours before the emergency order was issued. United is the only US carrier to fly between the United States and India.

Source: FlightGlobal

Skytrax has released the World’s Best 100 Airlines for 2019 voted for by airline customers around the world.

Here is a list of the top 10:
1. Qatar Airways
2. Singapore Airlines
3. ANA All Nippon Airways
4. Cathay Pacific Airways
5. Emirates
6. EVA Air
7. Hainan Airlines
8. Qantas Airways
9. Lufthansa
10. Thai Airways

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Source: World Airline News